NBA Draft (the 2nd rd teams)

Okay, I don't watch a lot of NCAA b-ball and I didn't give the mocks as much time as usual this year. This won't take long.

Pelicans: #31 Frank Jackon (Duke)
Combo guard, if he can score, he can play big minutes as a Rook in New Orleans. Probably  D-Leaguer but seriously, if he can score, they'll play him.

Suns: #4 Josh Jackson (Kansas),#32 Davon Reed (Miami), #54 Alec Peters (Valparaiso)
I thought Josh Jackson was the best prospect in the entire draft, the Suns are already winners. As for Reed and Peters, they both seem like swing forward-types, which is pretty much the entire Suns roster (hmmm, kinda reminds me of the Pitino Celtics); if they can score or be killer wing defenders, they'll get some run.

Magic: #6 Jonathon Isaac (Florida St),#33 Wesley Iwundu (Kansas St)
Isaac has great upside, sounds like Iwundu is the poor man's Jonathon Isaac. I kinda like the move, I like the thought of taking two similar prospects and seeing if you can develop both. Orlando is a bit of grease fire for the foreseeable future, minutes is all they have to offer, so I expect to see a fair amount of Isaac, wouldn't be surprised to see Iwundu.

Grizzlies: #35 Ivan Rabb (Cal)
Good get for the Grizz. Rabb has grit and grind all over him, too bad he doesn't get to apprentice with Zebo, but he'll be taking his spot. I watched Rabb with the U-17 USA team and thought he was a stone cold badass (good with the ball, strong, smart) kinda shocked to see him now as #35 as a Sophomore! Hey, man, he was at the top of his class not that long ago, if Coach Fiz can reach him, he may well be the next Draymond Green.

Celtics: #3 Jaysun Tatum (Duke), #37 Semi Ojeleye (SMU),#53 Kadeem Allen (Arizona)
The Celtics have well-stocked their D League affiliations over the years, I expect Ojeleye and Allen to get some run in the minor leagues (not a bad spot for them probably) .

Warriors: #38 Jordan Bell (Oregon)
Apparently the Warriors loved this game, think he's the next Draymond Green. Good luck with that. (If he could be the next Klay Thompson, he'll spend more time in a Warrior uniform)

Clippers: #39 Jawun Evans (Oklahoma St),#48 Vlatko Cancar (Slovenia)
Don't know either of these guys, but I suspect Evans gets no run with Doc's Clippers no matter how good he is or how bad they need him. As for Cancar I assume he's a Euro stash....that also won't get run with Doc's Clippers next year.

Hornets: #12 Malik Monk (Kentucky), #40 Dwayne Bacon (Florida St)
Monk will have great nights (crowd favorite, mad filler-upper, I fully expect him to break a single game record for 3PM or 3PA at least in his rookie year) and off nights (1-3, 1 assist, 1 turnover in 28 minutes); he'll get ROY consideration but he'll also drive Hornets fans crazy. Bacon was projected into the 1st round earlier in the year, not sure why he fell off. Could be a steal at #40. If he can play the Josh McRoberts role MJ has long coveted, he'll get some minutes.

Rockets: #43 Isaiah Hartenstein (Germany),#45 Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
Germany and Oregon are probably strangely similar producers of basketball talent. I suspect Brooks is a D League lifer and Hartenstein gets traded before ever suiting up for the Rockets.

Knicks: #8 Frank Nkilitina (France), #44 Damyean Dotson (Houston), #58 Ognjen Jaramaz (Serbia)

NYK is in need of athletes that don't speak English, I expect Nikitlina to be pretty good but woefully underappreciated at the same time. Dotson might play just because the Knicks are so thin for now. Jaramaz will be along a few years with Nikilitine either washes out or moves on.

Nets: #57 Aleksander Vezenia (Bulgaria)

One of those I remember more from last year's mocks than this year's. Big kid, right? Down low scorer. Hey, the Nets need anything and everything, I assume he's stashed for 2-3 years (wouldn't be surprised seeing him kicking ass in a Spurs uniform about a year after you've forgotten he exists).